Chronic Kidney Disease in the Arab World: A Call for Action
Open Access
- 28 November 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Nephron Clinical Practice
- Vol. 121 (3-4), c120-c123
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000345149
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an emerging non-communicable disease worldwide. The Arab countries have a high prevalence of CKD risk factors, e.g. diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Unfortunately, the magnitude of CKD in the Arab world has not been studied well. This review presents the current data on CKD in the Arab world and proposes a call for action to address this rising epidemic.Keywords
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